Hame staple and clip connector.



No. 836,525. PATBNTBD NOV. 20, 1906. W. W.. MGMILLBN & F. ANDERSON.

HAMEASTAPLE AND CLIP CONNECTOR. APPLICATION FILED 1020.21, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

HANIE STAPLE AND CLIP CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed December 21,1905. Serial No. 292,796.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM W. Mo- MILLEN and FLOYD ANDERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at McCook, in the county of Redwillow and State'of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hame Staple and Clip Connectors, and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to hame staple and clip connectors.

It has for its object to reduce wear on the clip and staple as well as upon the hame.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims concluding this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment of our invention, Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a hame and the front end of a trace provided with our improved connecting device. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line a: of Fig. 1. l

While the preferred embodiment of our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and its construction and operation are described in this specification, the right is reserved to make such changes from the construction shown and described herein as the scope of the claims hereto appended will permit.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is the hame, to which is secured the staple 2, carrying a bracket-plate 3, suitably perforated at 4 to support a ring, (not shown,) whereby the pole-strap of the vehicle may be connected to the hame. The clip, which is secured to the end of the trace 5, comprises oppositely-extending arms 6 and a crosspiece 7 The wear part or piece 8, which is interposed between the staple and bolt of the clip, is preferably made of iron and has two grooves 9 and 10 running transversely to each other and adapted to engage said staple and pin, respectively. The outer surface of said wear-piece is formed to fit neatly between the arms of the clip and staple, whereby easy movement of the parts is permitted without noted that the wear-piece or lost motion. The arms 6 and cross-piece '7 of the clip are preferably made integral, as shown. Said wear parts have surface enough to wear on so that it is impossible for them to Wear out and they will last the lifetime of a harness, conseuently not necessitating the replacing of the c ips or staples. It will be noted that the grooves are so deep that all contact between the clip and staple is prevented. It will be 8 turns freely on the staple horizontally as lateral pressure is exerted thereon by the staple and that the clip turns freely onthe said wear-piece as the line of draft changes vertically, whereby the wear-piece moves freely with the clip and the clip moves freely in the wear-piece, also that the wear-piece is so constructed and combined with the clip and staple that it is adapted to move horizontally between the portions of the staple which project from the hame. The wear-piece has two pivot-bearings, one in its outer groove between the staple and the wear-piece and the other in its inner groove between the wear-piece and the clip.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a hame staple and clip, of a wear-piece loosely interposed between them and having grooves, arranged transversely to each other, for engaging said staple and clip.

2. The combination, with a hame staple and clip, of a wear-piece loosely interposed between them and having grooves, arranged transversely to each other, for engaging said staple and clip, said grooves being of sufficient depth to prevent contact between said staple and clip.

3. The combination, with a hame staple and a clip comprising oppositely-extending arms and a cross-piece, of awear-piece loosely interposed between said staple and clip, and having grooves, arranged transversely to each other, for engaging said staple and crosspiece.

4:. The combination, with a hame staple and a clip comprising oppositely-extending arms and a cross-piece, of a wear-piece loosely interposed between said staple and clip, and having grooves, arranged transversely to unnecessary noise IOO each other, for engaging said staple and l In testimony whereof we afxour signaoross-pieoe, said grooves being of sufficient tures in presence of two witnesses. 1o depth 'to prevent Contact between said staple andchp WILLIAM W. MCMILLEN.

5. The combination, with a hame staple FLOYD ANDERSON' and clip, of a wear-piece interposed therebe- Witnesses:

tween and having pivot-bearings on opposite W. M. HILLER,

sides thereof for the .harne staple andolip. R. 'H. POLK. 

